Article
Genetic imprinting in human evolution: the decisive role of maternal lineage.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Oct 1993
Hochberg A, DeGroot N, Rachmilewitz J, Gonik B
Abstract excerpt
The modern study of human evolution must take into account physical anthropology, which examines phenotypic expression, and molecular evolution, which examines genotypic change. Recent independent investigations have shown that the process of genetic imprinting, defined as parental-dependent tran...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Humans
- Male
- Maternal-Fetal Exchange
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Pregnancy
- Sex Characteristics